Liquid container with nozzle, such for example as oil cans or the like



Feb. 19, 1935. ms 1,991,51 3

LIQUID CONTAINER WITH NOZZLE; SUCH 36R EXAMPLE AS OIL CANS OR THE LIKEFiled March 4, 1952 5 as oil cans or thelike.

Patented Feb. 19, 1935 LIQUID CONTAINER WITH'iNOZZLE SUCH roa- EXAMPLEAS OIL. CANS on THE LIKE V Joseph Kaye Roliinsom 'Finchleyffilondon,

England ApplicationMarchd, ieaz sefiaiimc 596,861 t I a In Great BritainMarch 4, 1931 5Clainis. *(c1.'221--s3)""' 1 This invention refers toimprovements in or relating to: liquid holdingvessels or containersprovided with a spout or nozzlefor pouring or delivering such liquidtherefrom such for example Heretofore it has been well known in'practice to provide'the discharging end of the spout or nozzle of oilcans or thelike with a cap or cover adapted to be screwed-or otherwisesecured e. g. slidonto"or into such discharge end of the nozzle to closethe latter when the latter is not required for useyand adapted to bereadily removed when'it is desired to discharge the liquid from thenozzle; and also it has been well known in practice to provide suchremovable caps or covers with apinor pricker secured thereto in such away that when the cap or cover is placed in position on the dischargeend of the nozzle said pin or pricker will enter the bore orbarrel'(passageway) of 'thenozzle endand thus clear the passageway orkeep it'clear at thedischarge end of the nozzlepbut it veryfrequentlyhappens in use that when such detachable cap' or cover(whether provided or not with a pin or pricker as aforesaid) is removedfrom the nozzle and laid aside it becomes lost or mislaid or cannot befound when wanted to replace on the nozzle end; and the presentinvention is designed (inter alia) to overcome this drawback.

I According'tomy present invention I provide on some external part ofthe spout or'nozzle itself a mount or means "for receiving and holdingthereon the removable cap (whether provided witl'i'a pricker or not)which cap is completely detached from and separated from the spout ornozzle when removed from the end of the spout; said mount or meansbeingafiixed to or'formed on the body of the spout itself and not afiixed toor formed on any part of the body of the can.

This arrangement according to my present invention of forming oraffixing to the spout itself the mount or means for receiving the capwhen detached from the end of the spout has the advantage of helping theuser, namely in guiding the detached cap (with or without prickerthereon) into or onto the mount or means on the spout for receiving saidcap, inasmuch as the user (whether in the dark or otherwise) can use theoutside of the spout as a guide to his fingers by sliding them along thespout itself to thus bring the detached cap up to and into or onto themount or means for receiving said cap on said spout.

My present invention is as follows:

I employ a removable cap or cover of the usual type such as" aforesaidor of any suitable character adapted to" effect the closure of the discharge'end of the spout or nozzle of an oil can or container or thelike, the body of which can .orcontainer may be or suitable shapeandspout or noz'zle'fivhen the cap orcover is placed position ontliedischarge end of said'spout or nozzle; and according to this invention Iprovide on'some external part of 'the'nozzle or spoutadvantageously nearthe base of the latter-a stub" or projection orthe like means forforming an auxiliary mount, or alternative'mount; on to or into whichlatter-the said cap or cover can be screwed or slid or otherwisetemporarily mounted or secured thereto when removed from the end of thenozzle to allow'the discharge of liquid from thelatterf;

I willnow describe my present invention with reference to theaccompanying 5 drawing, in which: i J I J Fig. l is a side view inelevation of an oil can of the portable or so called pocket type, thebody part of which is circular andhasthe auxiliary mount-according to myinvention arranged and mounted near the base of the nozzle or spout.

Fig. 2 -is"a View looking in the direction of arrow 2 (Fig.1) of thespout or nozzle removed (separate) from the body part of the can, andshowing the cap or cover (provided with a pin or pricker) separate justabovethe discharge end of the nozzle orspout. f T Fig. 3 isa plan viewof Fig. 21 v 5 Figs. to 6 illustratean alternative manner of attachingthemount to the detachable spout.

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Fig. 4 is a side view in elevation of said spout or nozzle in which themount (affixed to said spout) is not provided with wings or flanges toassist in attaching same as in Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a view in elevation looking in the direction of the arrow 4(Fig. 4) of the spout or nozzle with the mount affixed thereto as in Fi4.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of Fig. 5.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1 to 3:

a is the body part of the can or container.

b is the removable spout or nozzle having flange b and screw b at thebase thereof for attaching same to the body a of the can.

0 is the removable cap or cover adapted to be screwed on to thedischarge end lb of the spout; said cap or cover 0 being provided withthe pin upwardly extending screw threaded projection. d on to which thecap or cover 0. can be screwed to. temporarily secure same thereon when.re

- the spout.

moved from the end of the nozzle or spoutjsaid auxiliary mount 11, andprojection (1 being provided with a hole d (Fig. 3) to receive thereinthe pricker c of the cap or cover c.-

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 4 to :In' this arrangementythemount. d+ has no flanges provided thereon (suchas d in Figs. 1 to 3) andaiiixed to the spout b by brazingor soldering; or if desired vthis mount(1-!- may be formed integrally with the spout.

It will thus be seen that the screw cap or cover such as 0, when removedfrom-the discharge end of the, spout or nozzle b, can be readilyattached and secured on the auxiliary mount until re quired to bereplaced on the end of the spout or nozzle. I

The said auxiliary mount such as d or 12-!- may be arranged as shownparallel or thereabouts with the spout b, or if desired'at any anglethereto or position thereon.

. This invention may be employed'in'conjunction with oil cans or othervessels or containers for liquids having either a rigid spout or nozzleof either straight form or of any suitable curve or shape, or inconjunction with a flexible or partly flexible spout or nozzle of anysuitable type. I am aware that a prior proposal has been made to attachto the body of the can a holder for a pincushion into which pin cushionthe pin 'or pricker of a removable cap (such as aforesaid) can. bestabbed when said cap is removed from the end of the spout; and alsoanother prior proposal has been made to provide ,thebody of an oilcanwith a receptacle sunk in said body of the can for receiving the,capand pricker.

(when removed from the end of the spout) in said receptacle; andfurthermore I am aware that it has heretofore been proposed to constructa kettle of the kind wherein the spout of the kettle is provided with ascrew plug and, this screw plug attached to the kettle body or spouteither by means of a chain or by attaching the said screw plugto'one'end of a length of wire or rod the intermediate portion of whichlatter is slidably mounted within-and undetachabLv froma guide or sleevesecured to the outside of the spout of the kettle; and I make no claimwhatever to any such known or proposed construction,

What I claim is-:'

1. An oil can including a removabledelivery spout and a cap, means fordetachably securing the cap over the open free end of the deliveryspout, a projection on the spout including means for detachablysecuringthe cap directly thereon when the latter is' detached from the freeendof.

2. An oil can be screwed onto the exteriorly threaded open end of thespout, and an externally threaded projection on the spout upon, whichthe cap is adapted to be screwed when detached .from the open free endof the spout.

including a removable delivery spout having an exteriorly threaded opentree end-and an interiorly threaded cap adapted to 3. An. oil canincluding a removable delivery I spout and a cap, means for-detachablysecuring the cap over the open free end of the delive y spout, aspicularprojection including. means for detachably securing the capthereon when. the.

latter is detached from the free end of the. spout, and a mount securingthe spicular projection to the spout in the vicinity of the base of thelatter and v with its longitudinal axis substantially parallel to thelongitudinal axis of the spout.

4. An oil can including a removable delivery spout and a cap, meansfordetachably securing the cap over the open free end of the delivery spoutand including a pricker adapted to extend down into the 'bore of suchspout, a bored pro-y jection on the spout including means for detachablysecuring the cap thereon when the latter is detached from the free endof the spout, the bore of the projection receiving the pricker.

V 5. An .oil can including aremovable delivery" spout having anexteriorly threaded open free end and aninteriorly threaded cap adaptedto be screwed onto the exteriorly threaded end of the spout andincluding a pricker adap'ted to extend down into the bore ofthespout, abored externally threaded spicular projection upon which the cap isadapted tobe screwed when detached. from the-free end of the spout, thebore of the projection receiving the pricker, and a mount securing thespicular projection to' the spout inthe vicinity of the base of thelatter'and with its. longtiudinal axis substantially parallel to thelongitudinal axis of the spout. I .JOSEPH KAYE ROBINSON. Y

